When I was pregnant with Jacob, Jeremy and I took a bunch of classes from the hospital where I delivered at in Louisville, including their Infant and Child CPR class. I am really happy I took this class so I have a general idea of what to do if something happened. We have been very lucky not to need this information, but it is something that I think every parent should know. Of all of the classes we took, when we finished this one, we thought it had the most useful information in it. It may not be information you need every day, but it is critical when you do need it.

I was contacted on behalf of The Mile High chapter of the Red Cross recently, they are trying to get out information on their Infant and Child CPR Classes and are even offering a 15% discount. The classes they offer are only 5 hours and cover a variety of information including: Recognizing an emergency, check-care-call, caring for a choking child, prioritizing care, and cardiac emergencies. If you have already taken an infant/child CPR class yourself, it may be worth having your babysitter or another caregiver take the class.

The listing of Colorado Red Cross Infant and Child CPR classes available click here. And to receive the 15% discount use the coupon code BLOGGER.

Around Wednesday of last week Jacob started coming down with something and I took him to the doctor on Thursday to find out he had an ear infection and respiratory syncytial virus.  When adults get RSV they usually think they have a bad cold, but it can be worse for kids causing dehydration or wheezing (luckily Jacob has had neither thus far).  Well, Wednesday night Jake was up all night screaming resulting in Jeremy and I trading off staying up with Jacob.  Jeremy ended up with about five hours of sleep and I ended up with about three.  Of course, having no sleep, Thursday night I started getting sick and Friday night so did Jeremy.  We’ve been trying to rest up and drink plenty of liquids and we are all starting to feel better.

All weekend we didn’t feel like cooking and luckily had some frozen meals in the basement from this summer that we could heat up.  But after a few meals, we had exhausted what sounded good in the freezer.  We couldn’t really duck out and grab to go food now that I have to eat gluten free, so while I was putting Jake down for a nap, Jeremy made me some comfort food here at home.   We had grilled cheese and tomato soup from a box and it was all quite tasty.  To those of you that don’t have to eat gluten free, this probably doesn’t sound to hard to figure out, but good gluten free bread is hard to find, and canned or boxed soups and broths are notorious  for containing gluten.

So how did we pull this off?  By using Udi’s Gluten Free bread and Imagine Foods Organic Creamy Tomato Soup.

Udi's Gluten Free Bread and Imagine Tomato Soup

First of all, I love Udi’s gluten free bread.  It is made here in Denver by a bakery that makes regular bread as well, but they also have a dedicated facility for their gluten free bread.  It is by far the best gluten free bread that I’ve found in the grocery stores.  It is very easy for me to find in the store around here , since it is local, but unfortunately it is not easy to find in other areas.   Some Whole Foods stores carry it, and when I was at my parents house in Edmond, OK for Christmas my sister who lives in Tulsa brought some home from the Whole Foods there.   I haven’t tried the whole line of Udi’s gluten free products, but the white bread makes really tasty grilled cheeses.

The tomato soup we had was Imagine Foods tomato soup from a box, which is allergy and gluten free and ended up being really tasty.    Even Jacob with his multiple food allergies can eat this soup, but even if you aren’t on a restricted diet like our family, this soup tasted really good and is natural and organic.  Be warned though, you can only get about two bowls of soup out of the box.  On Sunday, I wished we had another box to heat up.

So, there you have it, our gluten free comfort food for when you are sick, or just not feeling like cooking.  When I was at the store today I grabbed another box of the tomato soup so we’ll have it when the need arises again!